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On 1 December 2025 we will update the rules we use when making our licensing decisions. This page explains what we are changing and why.
How to get your company approved by the Security Industry Authority.
How to appeal against our decision to refuse your application.
The forms you need to apply to be an SIA approved contractor or to continue your ACS approval.
Reporting labour exploitation: who to tell and what they need to know.
Learn about the SIA's response to training malpractice in the delivery of SIA licence-linked qualifications. Find out how to report training malpractice.
Complete your self-assessment before your assessor visits.
SIA regulation: how the SIA enforces the law and what the penalties are for breaking it.
We are the regulator of the UK's private security industry.
Some SIA front line licence holders are trained in physical intervention. This page recaps information from that training.
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